“…26 percent of online posters express a general dislike for the format, citing Sony’s history of proprietary formats which fail to capture a marketplace (like BetaMax and MiniDisc, and, it’s looking like, Sony’s UMD movie discs). Many posters also felt Sony was an “arrogant” company.”
“In 2004, Sony launched an e-book reader in Japan that also failed to take off. Called the Librie, it won plaudits for design, but its high price and draconian antipiracy technology — users could only “rent” books from Sony for 60 days before the tomes deleted themselves — scared off consumers.” - BusinessWeek
Really? I’m shocked! Sony created a decent product and then hamstrung it with unbelieveably shortsighted and stupid DRM? That never happens!
“[Sony’s] best skill today is to take a gun, target its own foot, and shoot.”
“Sony has been in a steep decline as far as innovation and clear thinking are concerned for at least a decade.”
“Sony languishes while exhibiting an odd, inexplicable arrogance that cocoons everything it does and every decision it makes.”
Source: PC Magazine - John C. Dvorak
Damian Kulash Jr. is the lead singer for OK Go.
“Sony BMG and the other major labels need to face reality: copy-protection software is bad for everyone, consumers, musicians and labels alike. It’s much better to have copies of albums on lots of iPods, even if only half of them have been paid for, than to have a few CD’s sitting on a shelf and not being played.”
“Conscientious fans, who buy music legally because it’s the right thing to do, just get insulted. They’ve made the choice not to steal their music, and the labels thank them by giving them an inferior product hampered by software that’s at best a nuisance, and at worst a security threat.”
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